Each students should post a link and provide a description of a site or software that is useful in social studies education. With the link, please describe the function of the site/software and where/how it can be used.
An online simulation that allows you to redraw Congressional districts, but reviews in context of state legislative approval, governor approval and court challenges. Ideal for American Government or United States History lessons illustrating the challenges and effects of Gerrymandering.
Free cross-platform audio recording software. This software allows students and teachers to record audio files that can either be emailed or posted for use in presentations or for announcements/reviews in podcasts.
Take attendance; track grades and behavior for your students. Set up a profile for each student that can even include information such as allergies. You can email parents and/or students directly from the app. Import .csv files. You can link and back up to your Dropbox account.
This webpage will aid with everyday grammar problems that arise in class or in student essays. It is an easy way for the teacher to check their grammar or give students a quick lesson. Examples are affect vs. effect, who vs. whom, i.e. vs. e.g., etc.
www.superteachertools.com is a free flash based software that can generate groups, make seating charts, review games (jeopardy, who wants to be a millionaire etc..). This site also has a random name generator and a random and interesting fact generator.
Mr. Donn will quickly become a teacher's best friend. Mr. Donn's site has many lesson plans, activities, and games covering a wide range of topics including: Rome..., the American Revolution, Egypt, Civil War, World Wars and many others!
The national archives provide a valuable resource for anyone who is interested in using primary sources and lesson plans related to American history.
The second source is from the National Second World War Museum, and is a collection of photos and video taken during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
Brush up on all of your social studies content material by visiting this site. Numerous links and games related to history, geography, economics, culture, and much much more! Play interactive games to strengthen your knowledge in all the listed subjects.
An online site that helps students or teachers move videos and sounds clips from internet sites to other forms of teaching. For example, some one can use a video clip from youtube and put it on a powerpoint presentation.
Best of History Web Sites is an award-winning portal that contains annotated links to over 1200 history web sites as well as links to hundreds of quality K-12 history lesson plans, history teacher guides, history activities, history games, history quizzes, and more. BOHWS has been recommended by The Chronicle of Higher Education, The National Council for the Social Studies, The New York Public Library, the BBC, Princeton University, -- and many others. This is a direct link to the list of interactive games, maps, and animations. Everything is organized by topic to make it easy to find something relevant to your topic.
An online resource that provides videos and materials to topics in history. It can be purchased by a school district and then teachers have access. Ideal for all history classes because contains infinite amounts of information, just search a keyword or phrase.
A series of free online geography games that test capitals, countries, and landscapes. U.S, world, and region maps are available. The games would be a great way of assessing student knowledge of political and physical geography.
The SuperKids software can be usd with students of all ages. The software includes maps, interactive games, and pictures to assist in learning. It can be used for any social studies class but it would work best for a history or geography class.
An online game that helps students pinpoint where states within the Unites States are located. The game provides a map of the United States along with a list of the states. Students are timed to see how fast they can match each state to their location on the map. This would be helpful when assessing the students understanding of the location of the states.
The McDonalds Game could be used in an economics class. For the game, students would have to make business decisions. Students would have to make decisions on how many crops to plant and how many cows needed raised to keep their McDonalds running. Students would also have to hire or fire people in their restaurants. Students would have to make the business decision about which jobs needed to be filled and which ones did not. Students would also have to make business decisions in the McDonald’s headquarters office. This game shows the students how difficult it is to run a business.
MrDonn.org is a website that offers free powerpoints, games, activities, and lesson plans covering all history. One unit that stands out from the rest is the Ancient History including Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, Rome, China, and India. This is a great tool that can be utilized in any World Cultures or World History class.
Doubletwist is an online website specifically for iTunes conversion. This website once downloaded offers users the ability to transfer iTunes format material like music into Mp3 format. This would be a great resource for teachers interested in playing iTunes music on an everyday Mp3 player in their classroom for students. I would use this website specifically for a lesson plan on the world's music, especially if my lesson plan requires a particular play list that is not already accessible on the internet.
BBC compiled a selection of history games an interactive filmings to spark the interest of students. Best for use with middle school aged students; the games are simple and fun. A variety of activities including pyramid building, arming a gladiator, Bill of Rights quizzing, a responsive atlas of the United States, and many other selections exist to excite youth about history. I would use the site after teaching concepts through PowerPoint, YouTube film discussions, and group discussion.
Digital Dropbox is a free program that allows you to securely store files, synchronize changes across devices (If you make changes on one computer, it updates on every computer), and access your files from any computer.
KidsGeo.com is great site for middle school age students to learn all about geography. The site is set up into different sections and chapters-it is an online textbook. The book focuses on the earth's surface, the atmosphere, the oceans, as well as, the distrubtion of plants, animals, and people. Other great aspects of the site are all the games that can be played. The site contains fun continent map games, ocean games, capital games, and longitude and latitude games. The best part of the site is that there are not just geography games, there are math games, dinosaur games, biology games, etc.
This is a game where the players are in charge of non-profit organizations. They apply for loans and grants so they can make whatever city they chose a better place. It is a real-time strategy game, which might make it difficult to play in one class period.
Professional development sharing page
Each students should post a link and provide a description of a site or software that is useful in social studies education. With the link, please describe the function of the site/software and where/how it can be used.http://www.nationalww2museum.org/see-hear/collections/focus-on/pearl-harbor.html
The second source is from the National Second World War Museum, and is a collection of photos and video taken during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.